Author: Radwan A. Masmoudi | Journal of Democracy

Radwan A. Masmoudi is founding president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy. He is also editor-in-chief of the Center’s quarterly publication, Muslim Democrat, and the author of numerous articles on democracy, diversity, and human rights in Islam.

April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2

What Is Liberal Islam?: The Silenced Majority

Radwan A. Masmoudi

Liberal Islam remains marginal because it is politically suppressed; in truth, it represents the predominant political hopes of Muslims around the world.

Islam and Democracy in the Middle East

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Daniel Brumberg

World Religions and Democracy

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Philip J. Costopoulos

Can religion be compatible with liberal democracy? This volume brings together insights from renowned scholars and world leaders in a provocative discussion of religions' role in the success or failure of democracy.